Improvement in awls



UNITED STATES n. EGAN, or BROOKLYN, New `YORK.

"iMPRovEMENT IN AwLs. i

Specification forming part of'Letters Potent No. 47,403, dated April 25, 1865.

To all whom it 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that l, ll. EGAN, ofBrooklyn, in the county Ot' Kings and Stute of New York, have invented :t new and'usefnl Improvement in Awls; end I dohereby declare that the following is :L fnll,elear, and exact,V description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the nrt to make :1nd use the same, reference being had tothe accmnpenyin gdrawing, forming partot this specification.

lhe drawing', consisting.;` ot' only onegnr'e, represents an and milde according to my .inl vention.

This invention consistsin n-novel manner of fastening nn uw] into its h-nl't, whereby it is ensily and securely lxed in place without strnin upon the nwl und without the usual liability Ot' splitting the handle.

'lhe ordinnry mode ot constructing handles or hnl'ts for owls is to surround thetend which receives the shank of the owl with :t fcrrnle to prevent the wooden handle from being` rent when the said shank is forced or driven into it.

Another mode of making ,owl-halts sometimes used, but chiefly for pegging-awls, is by inclosing` within such n ferruleen expanding nut mnde by dividing the nut into longitudinal divisions, which open-away from euch other when thenut is screwed outward,I and the slmnk of the owl being' then placed in it,

is-ettached by means of` a. stout tongue, o, l

screwed into the wooden haft. b' is asocket having an internal screw-thread formed therein, which receives the threaded shank of the 1 awl C.-

This construction enables me to produce :t cheaper article, which is al; the salue time stronger and more durable than those prepared in other ways heretofore known or used, and also better fitted for heavy work. The haft, moreover, is not. liable to be split in the operation of fixing the awl therein, noris it n. tediousoperation to tix it therein.l l

This invention is applicable to owls for 'shoemekers as wel] as for saddlers use.

I claim as new .und desire to secure by Letters Iatentl 1. Constructing awl-lhefts in the manner substantially as u-bove described. 1

2. In combination with the screw-threaded socket-piece B, constructed as specifiel,fbr|n ing e screw'thread upon the shank Ofthea-wl, l

:is and vfor the purposeset forth.

VWitnesses:

M. ,.M. LIVINGSTON, G. L. TOPLIFF.

R. EGAN. 

